The new Deathprod CD "Morals and Dogma" on Rune Grammofon comes out next week and is available both as a part of the 4-CD Deathprod box-set or separately as its own disc. There's the same packaging for both, but if you're a hardcore collector you can get it for nok 99 and no extra shipping when ordered together from the label.
Read the press release regarding the new (International) Noise Conspiracy record: http://www.burningheart.com/newspub/news_content.php?fileName=180
Guess that finally confirms Sara Almgren is out of the band, huh? No matter, as mentioned here before, she's playing guitar with Marit Bergman's band now.
Check out the video for "Somebody Said" from Mistie: http://www.dogbreath.nu/media/Mistie_Somebody_said_high.wmv
The new album "10 Times Guilty" is out now on Dogbreath Records.
Stylus reviews the Rune Grammofon "Money Will Ruin Everything" compilation: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1740 (via DJ Martian)
Swedish death-metal supergroup God Among Insects will begin recording their debut album "World Wide Death" on March 20 at Abyss Studios with engineer Tommy Tägtgren at the helm. They are also already planning to do their next recording at Soundlab in September. More info soon.
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Outlandish - Walou
02. The Crash - Still Alive
03. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
04. Eskobar - Love Strikes
05. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
06. Winta & Anton Gordon - Hot Romance (Rok With You)
07. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
08. Erik Faber - Century
09. Redrama - Hang It Up
10. Elin Sigvardsson - Paper Cup Words
11. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
12. Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please
13. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
14. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
15. Velcra - Can´t stop fighting
16. Her Majesty - You and me against the world
17. Pauline - Babylon
18. Jokeren - Havnen
19. September - We Can Do It
20. Alice In Videoland - Got To Go
Challengers:
01. Christina Groth - Rock Your Body
02. Bad Cash Quartet - Twenty Two
03. David & the Citizens - Greycoated Morning
04. Brainstorm - Colder
05. Anne Hvidsten - Need To Know
06. Kingston Air Force - Style I Wear
07. Lene Marlin - Another Day
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. The Alpine - Too many monsters (DK)
02. Nerdee - Cold (FIN)
03. K-System - Dream my dream (FIN)
04. Prime Sth - Fishbowl (SWE)
05. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så (SWE)
06. The Crash - Still alive (FIN)
07. SubUrban Tribe - Silent Rain (FIN)
08. Diablo - Read my scars (FIN)
09. Viikate - Leimu (FIN)
10. SPAN - Don't think the way they do (DK)
Challengers:
01. Backyard Babies - A song for the outcast (SWE)
02. Steen1 - Jarden träkki (FIN)
03. Swan Lee - I don't mind (DK)
MIC Norway profiles Smalltown Supersound on the eve of their 10-year anniversary celebration this weekend: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004021916445172309910
MIC Norway also reports that electronic act Xploding Plastix will be working with the internationally reknown (and local to me) Kronos Quartet. The project will be a remix collage of sounds from the Kronos library and hopefully the two will perform the piece together at some point. Read more: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004021913105822823987
The new Petter single "Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd" comes out soon and will include the b-side "Håller Det Hårt" featuring Ison & Fille.
Eskobar has updated their webdiary with the news that they have finished tracking the new album and have starting mixing. As mentioned before, the album is called "A Thousand Last Chances" and is set for a March 31 release date. Cutting it close, eh?
Win the new Dialog Cet record "Like Animals": http://www.pntsstln.com/dialogcet/html/competition.htm
The full schedule and stage times for the Export Music Sweden Swedish showcase shows in NYC, Austin (SXSW) and LA: http://www.exms.com/swedishshowcase/2004/index.html
In the spirit of continuing the fine tradition of Finnish rock n' roll, comes Turku's Boomhauer with a new release on Bad Afro Records. The new 7" "Work On A Spell" contains six "wacky, semi-spastic rock tunes with funny lyrics" and will be released on March 1.